Preserving what's left of a python after its caught and killed requires a great deal of time, skill and patience.

I didn't realize how much time I spent on cleanups until regex let me stop.

When it comes to working with data in a tabular form, most people reach for a spreadsheet. That’s not a bad choice: Microsoft Excel and similar programs are familiar and loaded with functionality for ...

What if the tools you already use could do more than you ever imagined? Picture this: you’re working on a massive dataset in Excel, trying to make sense of endless rows and columns. It’s slow, ...

This article is adapted from an edition of our Off the Charts newsletter originally published in October 2021. Off the Charts is a weekly, subscriber-only guide to The Economist’s award-winning data ...